Had Luiz Felipe Scolari included Miranda in his World Cup squad Brazil might not have been walloped 7-1 by Germany, and United continue to be linked with the Atletico Madrid centre-back.

Miranda, 30, has formed one of the finest central defensive partnerships with Diego Godin and United are supposedly interested in the Uruguayan captain, too.

However, Atletico are reportedly prepared to offload Miranda in the January transfer window, according to the Star, although that seems highly unlikely considering Miranda has played in 11 of Atleti's 16 La Liga matches.

Martin Odegaard is set to spring a shock and snub just about every major European club in favour of joining Southampton.

Odegaard, still only 16, would doubtless benefit from the club's enviable academy set-up.

Radamel Falcao has struggled to impress at United but that won't dissuade Real Madrid from signing him in 2015, apparently.

Real were believed to be Falcao's primary choice when he decided to leave Monaco but even Jorge Mendes couldn't pull that one off.

And four months into his Old Trafford career, the Colombian has found the back of the net just twice during an injury-plagued start to life in Manchester.

One man not keen on moving to the city is Gareth Bale, who has said how much he loves Madrid, the weather and how he has a contract until 2019.